Gujiao
City
Geographical and Natural
Conditions:
Gujiao City is located in the east
of Luliang Mountain Ranges, 50 kilometers to Taiyuan City.
It is a city at county level directly under Taiyuan City and
is one of the eight bases of energy in China. Railway and
highway lines link to the territory. Gujiao City is situated
in a temperate zone, with continental monsoon climate, drought
and windy in spring, hot and rainy in summer, cool in autumn
and cold in winter. Its annual precipitation averages 466
mm. The City covers an area of 1584 square kilometers, of
which hills and mountains accounting for 95.8 per cent of
the total, with relief topography and average altitude of
1604 meters above sea level. The Fenhe River runs through
the territory from the west to the east. Now it governs 7
townships, 3 towns, 4 subdistrict offices, 146 villages and
36 community commissions, with permanent population of 211,
000 including non -agricultural population of 130, 000.
History:
Gujiao City is one of the birthplaces
of Chinese nationality, with a long history. In the ancient
times, Chinese ancestors worked and lived in the land. In
history, Gujiao was affilicated to Jin during the Spring and
Autumn Period (770-475 B. C.) and to Zhao during the Warring
States Period (475 -221 B. C.). Gujiao was named in the Sui
Dynasty (596). Since later years of the Tang Dynasty (618-907),
Gujiao had been affiliated to Jiaocheng County or Yangqu County.
Gujiao Industrial and Mineral District was established directly
under Taiyuan City in 1958, and then was changed and named
as Gujiao City on December 27, 1988.
Advantages in Geographical
Location:
Gujiao City is rich in mineral resources,
with coal field area of 754 square kilometers and proved reserves
of 9.6 billion tons, or with 6.24 million tons of coal reserve
per square kilometer. It is known as "Sea of Coal"
for its fine quality of coal. Of which the fat coal and the
coking coal account for 71 per cent of the total. So, it is
an ideal area for building a large modern coal production
base. Moreover, it has proved the mineral resources of manganese,
limestone, bauxite, gypsum, sulphur, copper, silver, mica,
berg crystal, and oryctocenose - a bird' s sternum, with abundant
reserves and fine quality. Now, the raw coal, coke, iron and
steel have become the three pillars in Gujiao industrial production.
Social and Economic Development:
With the rapid development of mineral
construction, a great change has taken place in Gujiao City.
In 2003 its GDP was 3.111 billion yuan, up 16.9 per cent.
Its financial income totaled 413 million yuan, up 86.6 per
cent. Its retail sales of consumer goods for the whole society
reached I. 054 billion yuan, up 13.1 per cent. Per capita
net income of farmers was 3748 yuan, up 10.6 per cent. Its
saving deposits of urban and rural residents totaled 2.749
billion yuan, up 30.2 per cent over the last year. Its modern
construction is surging and the appearance of the City is
experiencing daily changes. A remote and backward countryside
in the past days has been constructed to a modern and prosperous
coal city.
Development Target:
According to the principles of reform,
innovation and restructuring, the people in the City will
strive to live up to the objective of building a new city
with ecosystem, safety, environment protection and credibility.
They will exert their utmost to tackle major problems concerning
agriculture, rural areas and farmers and to achieve industrialization
and urbanization. They are committed to supporting non- public
economy, developing social undertakings and improving people's
living standards. All the people in the city will do everything
conductive to the target of doubling the GDP and quadrupling
the financial income in the next five years. |